Save the Turtle!; Save Little Red Riding Hood!

When Tuck dreams of being somewhere other than the classroom, he ends up stuck on a coral reef. Ming-Ming and Linny must venture to the Caribbean to save him. It's a relaxing, sunny place, but they do their best to keep their minds on the job. The Wonder Pets once again travel to the puppet theater, this time to save Little Red Riding Hood. The Big Bad Wolf is chasing her, but she doesn't believe she's in any danger. The wolf acts as if he's friendly to trick her, while secretly plotting to eat both her and her grandmother.moreless

Trivia (4)

Tidbits: The story of "Save the Turtle!" does not in end in the classroom. Only instrumental music (a tinkly piano) is played during the intro for "Save Little Red Riding Hood!" This is the first story where the Wonder Pets save a human character. The Big Bad Wolf is apparently the same wolf from "Save the Three Little Pigs!" making good on his veiled threat to go after Little Red Riding Hood. He looks and sounds exactly the same, though the Wonder Pets make no comment on it. At the end of the story, he's once again chasing after the Three Little Pigs.

Celery Treat: In "Save the Turtle!" the Wonder Pets share their celery as they waterski into the sunset. In "Save Little Red Riding Hood!" they enjoy it with fresh-picked berries from Little Red.

Dress Up Time: In "Save the Turtle!" Linny and Ming-Ming jump into the box and Linny comes out wearing a shell necklace and straw hat with Ming-Ming dressed as a tic-tac-toe board. Linny compltes a tic-tac-toe and Ming-Ming tells him "You win a twip to the Cawibbean."
In "Save Little Red Riding Hood!" they dress as the characters from the story. Linny is Little Red, Tuck is the wolf and Ming-Ming is a big, strong woodsman.

"Save the Turtle!" features the second time that the Wonder Pets must rescue one of their own, the turtle Tuck. The first time was back in "Save the Duckling!" when they had to rescue Ming-Ming.

Allusions (1)

Linny: This bubble boat rules.
Ming-Ming: Yeah, isn't this nice, Linny, just you and me?
Linny: Ming-Ming, we're saving Tuck.
Ming-Ming: I know.'
Linny and Tuck shared a similar exchange back when it was Ming-Ming in trouble in "Save the Duckling!"